• Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.

    Tom Chatfield: Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.
    "Do writers need paper?" by Tom Chatfield, www.prospectmagazine.co.uk. October 20, 2010.